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Marion Bartoli, Tamira Paszek lose at Strasbourg International

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Marion Bartoli heads to the French Open, where she's made it past the fourth round once.

Marion Bartoli heads to the French Open, where she's made it past the fourth round once.

Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were beaten Tuesday in the first round of the Strasbourg International.

Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon finalist, lost 6-3, 6-2 to the 88th-ranked Camila Giorgi after dropping serve six times. Paszek was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by wild-card entry Virgine Razzano.

Lauren Davis upset sixth-seeded Christina McHale 7-5, 6-3, Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor downed No. 8 Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), and fourth-seeded Hsieh Su-wei rallied to beat Annika Beck 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1.

Third-seeded Alize Cornet converted all four breakpoints to win 6-3, 6-2 against Mathilde Johansson, No. 5 Monica Niculescu of Romania rallied past Marina Erakovic 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5 (5), and No. 7 Chanelle Scheepers topped Claire Feuerstein 7-5, 6-4.

Flavia Pannetta, Misaki Doi, Anna Tatishvili, Eugenie Bouchard, Johanna Larsson, Lucie Hradecka, Magda Linette and Shelby Rogers advanced.

Heavy rain prevented any play Monday, forcing all seven first-round matches to be moved to Tuesday.